RPF steps up Deepavali vigil, apprehends five with firecrackers at Chennai Central, Egmore

CHENNAI With a view to ensuring passenger safety during the Deepavali festival, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Chennai Division, Southern Railway, has intensified surveillance and preventive checks at major railway stations to curb the illegal transportation of firecrackers and other inflammable materials. During special checks conducted on Friday, RPF personnel apprehended five persons carrying firecrackers at Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore railway stations in two separate operations.

At Chennai Central, four persons were intercepted while attempting to board passenger trains with firecrackers. Three were stopped before boarding the Chennai Central–Jolarpettai Yelagiri Express, while another was intercepted before boarding the Chennai Central–Thiruvananthapuram Express.

Four separate cases were registered against them under Section 164 of the Railways Act, 1989. At Chennai Egmore, RPF personnel apprehended a 25-year-old man carrying a box of firecrackers and registered a case under the same provision.